Walsh v. Bowery Savings Bank

McAdam, Ch. J.

The main question involved was whether Mary Duffy, who opened account No. 546,069 with the defendant, made a valid gift and transfer of the deposit to the plaintiff, so as to confer upon her the legal title to the money.-

This- question was submitted to the jury:

Q. “ Did Mary Duffy deliver the bank-book to the plaintiff with the intention of passing title to the fund on deposit ?”

To which the jury answered “ Yes.”-

This finding upon the evidence put legal title in the plaintiff (Risley v. Phoenix Bank, 11 Hun, 484; Vandermark v. Vandermark, 55 How. Pr. 408; Cornell v. Cornell, 12…